Children of Dune (Dune #3)

[Trisha]

This thread is to discuss Children of Dune, the third book in the Dune Series by Frank Herbert.

Pages: 609 pages

Length: 2 Months (December & January)

Participants: Ruthie, Sinisa, Luisa, Vivek.

Everyone reads at their own pace during a Buddy Read. Because participants can be at different parts of the book at different times, it is extremely important to mark spoilers so that the book is not ruined for someone who is not as far along as others!!!

Mark spoilers by placing {spoiler} before the text and {/spoiler} after the text but use the < and > instead of the { and }.


Happy Buddy Reading!

[Sinisa]

I have started this and I am at 10%.
To early to tell but so far it is good, setting up the plot works fine.
There was some mini TV series done by this and previous book I will be checking that out after I finish reading this.

[Vivek]

I have started reading this as well.

[Sinisa]

I am around 60 %

There is a few things up to like 30% I didn't like (all that mysticism in particular), but later It was getting more interesting and good. In a part of book where I really like the plot.
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That whole part with talking to dead to set up villains was bad

That Irulan sister was that mentioned before? I don't remember it, idk why i thought she was only child.

Building up Alia to some sort of new Baron Harkonnen was kind of boring. I wasn't into her character in previous books, she just fealt like a victim in earlier books and now we are making a huge protagonist from her.

I mean in general I didn't enjoy any of the old characters here, all the interesting ones are ether dead or supposed dead (Chani, Paul, Baron, ), Just feels like we have some B list from previous books.

The new characters were great (Gianni and Leto, Wensicia's son Farad'n, that old freeman who helped saved Lady Jessica...)

The Preacher thing fealt like obvious thing, there was zero mystery there but that confrontation around 50% with Alia was interesting.

The assassination with tigers was great idea and training for that was brutal. I liked that a lot.

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[Sinisa]

I finished and having mixed feelings about this one. Problem is it was good at times and really bad at other parts. It comes down to that that the list of things i didn't like is just too long to be anything more then 3 stars for me and even that might be generous. Definitely it is worst book from all 3 for me.

That TV show I was mentioning is called "Frank Herbert’s Children of Dune" and is basically a mini series of 3 episodes but every ep is like 80 min long. First ep is done entirely by book 2 "Dune Messiah" so if anyone want to watch that one it has no spoilers for this book. Ep 2 and 3 are by "Children of Dune" and I haven't finished those yet but so far it is interesting and has some interesting cast.

[Vivek]

I am at around the 70% mark and I am inclined to agree with you. The book is a drag to read. I think character development is the weakest link in an ambiguous plot.

[Sinisa]

That part was like a low point for me but pass that 70 it gets a little bit better and ending was not complete disaster. Characters especially old ones are mascaraed. Everyone from previous books in this one is just more stupid. And when there is a potential for great new one (like that girl that helped Letto or freeman that helped Jessica or even Farad'n) story just kind of leads to dead end for no reason at all

[Trisha]

This topic has been moved to the January 2021 Buddy Reads folder.

[Ruthie]

I started it and was bored. The library took it back before I could finish but I'll try to get it back.

[Sinisa]

Ruthie wrote: "I started it and was bored. The library took it back before I could finish but I'll try to get it back."

This book is a mix, it has both worse and better moments from the beginning

[Vivek]

Agreed... the twins monologues are pretty tedious!!

[Vivek]

Agreed... the twins monologues are pretty tedious!!